1997 - william - r.g. loader - the historical jesus puzzle
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THE HISTORICAL JESUS PUZZLE
William R. G. Loader
Revd Dr William Loader is Associate Professor
in New Testament at Murdoch University and
Lecturer in the Perth Theological Hall of theUniting Church in Australia
In this paper I shall address three main questions: Why ask about the historical
Jesus? What new data do we have to warrant more research? and What, if any,
findings can we identify in current research?1
1. Why ask about the historical Jesus?
The first is a serious question. Why enquire about the historical Jesus? One
might counter: Why not? There are many reasons why some would consider the
pursuit as only marginally relevant if not useless. From the perspective of Christian
faith, is it not a living Jesus who concerns us? Does concern with the historical
Jesus not reflect a failure to take resurrection faith seriously? Others might point to
the message of Christs death for us on the cross and his resurrection as the core of
the Christian message. What more can detailed information about Jesus life offer
1 There are a number of very useful reviews of current Jesus scholarship. Among the most
recent I include the following: M. J. Borg,Jesus in Contemporary Scholarship (Valley
Forge, Penn.: Trinity Press International, 1994); J. Carlson, and R. A. Ludwig (eds)Jesus
and Faith. A Conversation on the Work of John Dominic Crossan author of The Historical
Jesus (Maryknoll: Orbis, 1994); R. Crotty, The Jesus Question. The Historical Search
(Blackburn, Vic.: HarperCollinsReligious, 1996); L. T. Johnson, The Real Jesus. the
Misguided Quest for the Historical Jesus and the Truth of the Traditional Gospels(San
Francisco: Harper, 1996); B. Witherington, The Jesus Quest: The Third Search for the
Jew of Nazareth (Downers Grove: IVP, 1995); N. T. Wright, Christian Origins and the
Question of God Vol 2. Jesus and the Victory of God.(Minneapolis: Fortress, 1996) 3-
124.
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